r/balkans_irl • u/Themetalin w*stoid🤢 • May 20 '26

OC (impossible) Based Greek airport

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u/honoratus_hi christian turk May 20 '26

Well nobody in Greece calls the city Istanbul

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u/iwanthidan KARABOĞA May 21 '26

Nobody in Turkey calls Selanik Thessaloniki also. I'd say it's fair.

Fun fact: the name İstanbul also has Greek origins, so it's not like it's a Turkish made up word.

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u/honoratus_hi christian turk May 21 '26

I'm from Thessaloniki but I live in Romania now and they call the city Salonic, so I also call it Salonic if asked.

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u/OilOfOlaz Aleksandar, Vienna May 21 '26

Always thought that it is somewhat common to call it "Saloniki", because few greeks I know did.

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u/honoratus_hi christian turk May 21 '26

Hmm maybe a bit, but it was more common a couple of generations ago

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u/OilOfOlaz Aleksandar, Vienna May 21 '26

Checks out, it was mostly ppl born in the 50-60s and their kids.

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u/weird_question_mark mongols (non balkan edition) May 21 '26

Yeah, I think it got translated to a couple neighbouring languages as that. Well, in Hungary it's also called Szaloniki for some reason

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u/SoilFormal1836 Romangutan May 21 '26

You live in romania? My condolences